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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8164898 | Housing assembly for a portable electronic device A housing assembly for an electronic device includes a mounting assembly, an engaging assembly, a first housing, and a guiding member. The mounting assembly includes an accommodation room having an opening therein. The engaging assembly includes a first elastic memb... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8145144 | Wireless communication device employing controlled inter-part impedances for hearing aid compatibility A method and apparatus for providing a hearing aid compatible wireless electronic device is disclosed. The apparatus may include a lower housing having a wireless transceiver, upper housing including an earpiece, hinge assembly, and a pair of reactive matching eleme... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8135358 | Device, method, and system for extended frequency band communication A communication device may include a manpack, and a radio removably attached to the manpack, the radio serving as a communications element of the manpack. ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8078121 | Component assembly cushioning device for mobile devices A spacer for use in a mobile device fills the space between a component assembly and a housing. The spacer includes a layer of compressible material for insertion between the component assembly and the housing. A plurality of compressible features are provided on a ... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8060031 | Hands-free cell phone jewelry A voice-activated mobile phone in the form of jewelry includes a necklace element for suspending the phone around the neck of a user, a phone element being a part of the necklace and a pendant hanging from the necklace. The phone element is voice activated so that a... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8060030 | Portable terminal having optical transmitter/receiver In a folder type or a swing type terminal including a pair of housings or triple housings for attaining composite opening/closing operation, information transmission with a higher speed and larger capacity is available using optical devices for establishing communic... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8045934 | Support plate and mobile communication terminal having the same A support plate includes a plate body, which has a shape of a flat plate with predetermined width and length and made of metal, and a radio coverage area member, which is provided at one of opposite ends of the plate body so as to be located adjacent to a radio cove... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8032090 | Antenna for use in portable applications In one embodiment, the present invention includes an accessory device for coupling to a portable system having an AM radio receiver. The accessory device includes a housing to house at least one accessory component and an AM antenna. ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8023903 | Communication device for rock climbing and other activities A communication system for rock climbing and other activities is provided. The communication system comprises a first communication device having a first front surface. A first faceplate is mounted on the first front surface of the first communication device with th... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8014733 | Wearable system for enabling mobile communications A system and associated methods are disclosed for facilitating mobile communications. In one embodiment, the system increases the utility of mobile communications devices by integrating communications electronics into wearable items, so that communications sessions ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7986921 | Wireless device with privacy screen A cellular telephone including a medical device to monitor the medical or health condition of a user is provided. The cellular telephone is provided with a keypad that is movable from a first position, where a first display and keypad is exposed, to a second positio... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7983628 | Cellular telephone and personal digital assistant The handheld personal electronic device has a first body having a display, a second body having a plurality of manual inputs, the second body capable of attachment to the first body, the personal electronic device having an open position wherein the display of the f... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7983629 | Portable terminal with locking release device Disclosed is a portable terminal with locking release device that includes a cover removably mounted on a side of a terminal housing; a first locking release having a button mounted in the terminal housing in such a manner as to be capable of linearly moving; and a ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7979035 | Communication device with multiple detachable communication modules A wireless communication device has a docking cavity, a short-range transceiver, and a long-range transceiver for long-range wireless communication with a wireless network. A wireless communication module includes a speaker and a microphone, and a short-range transc... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7974588 | Transceiver A disclosed transceiver includes a case; a transceiver module housed in the case and configured to send and receive a signal; and a battery holder configured to hold a battery supplying electric power to the transceiver module. In the disclosed transceiver, the batt... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7949312 | Bi-axial swivel assembly in electronic apparatus A bi-axial swivel assembly allows the rotation of a bracket around the longitudinal axis of a support shaft when the restriction cam lies inside an imaginary reference plane. The attitude of the bracket is allowed to change around the longitudinal axis of the suppor... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7933122 | Protective enclosure for a computer Disclosed is a three-layer protective enclosure that provides resistance to water, dust, dirt, and bump protection for sensitive computers. In one embodiment, an inner membrane layer is provided, which is a thin, flexible layer that protects portions of a computer a... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7929920 | Electronic device and processing program thereof In a cellular phone 10, when a CPU 100 detects that a style of the housing is changed to an “open style” or a “view style”, the CPU 100 executes function menu display processing. In the function menu display processing, the CPU 100 | 04/19/2011 |
| 7881678 | Wireless device for physical coupling to another object One embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a radio frequency (RF) device for communicating on a wireless network. The device includes an antenna coupled to an RF circuit. The device further includes a body housing the RF circuit and the antenna. The device ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7869772 | Mobile phone and use management system thereof A mobile phone use management system which manages use of the mobile phone includes the mobile phone and a signal transmitting device which transmits the signal for controlling the power supply of the mobile phone. The mobile phone having a non-contact IC card funct... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7865151 | Swing hinge device for mobile terminal Disclosed is a swing hinge device for semi-automatically rotating a pair of facing housings of a mobile terminal on a step-by-step basis, for use in a mobile terminal having a first housing and a second housing with a display unit rotatable around a hinge axis exten... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7856214 | Motion activated cell phone lighting A cell phone includes at least one motion switch and circuitry to control cell phone functions when the cell phone is moved. In one embodiment, the motion switch activates keyboard backlighting. A single motion switch may be used or two motion switches may be positi... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7844232 | Joint space-time optimum filters (JSTOF) with at least one antenna, at least one channel, and joint filter weight and CIR estimation A wireless communications device may include at least one virtual antenna, and a space-time filter circuit for filtering a communications signal received by the at least one virtual antenna by jointly estimating space-time filter weights and at least one channel imp... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7831218 | Modular keypad with wireless arrangement for a mobile device Described is a mobile device comprising a base unit and a keypad detachably coupled to the base unit. The keypad includes an input arrangement and a first wireless arrangement operating in accordance with a first wireless protocol. ... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7826806 | Mobile terminal A mobile terminal is provided that includes a housing having an opening formed therein, a cover disposed in the opening of the housing, the cover including at least one light transmission opening, an input switch located beneath the opening of the housing and the at... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7801495 | Proximity-based electronic toys and entertainment methods using same A disposable electronic device includes a housing, a user interface in the housing and a short range, unlicensed wireless transceiver in the housing. A controller is configured to control the user interface and the short range, unlicensed wireless transceiver. A non... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7800891 | Cover locking structure for portable electronic devices A cover locking structure (100) for portable electronic device includes a housing (20), a releasable member (30) and a cover (10). The housing includes an end wall (22) and an extending wall (26). The end wall defines an ope... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7773957 | Mobile communication terminal with rotational display unit Disclosed is a mobile communication terminal provided with a rotational display unit. The mobile communication terminal comprises: (a) a main housing comprising a first hinge axis formed on one end; (b) a connection member hingedly connected to the main housing so a... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7773958 | Key pad assembly and mobile communication terminal having the same A key pad assembly and a mobile communication terminal having the same. The key pad assembly comprises: a key pad installed at a front surface of a cover so as to be exposed outwardly; a switching unit arranged at a rear surface of the cover for generating a signal ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7769354 | Mobile device housing with a display unit, and method for making the mobile device housing A housing assembly (100), used, e.g., in a mobile device (300), includes a housing body (10) and a display unit (20). The housing body a view opening (110). The display unit is received in the view opening and is configured for pro... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7769353 | Mobile communication device including an extended array sensor An apparatus and method utilizing a mobile communication device including a housing, an earpiece coupled to the housing, a keypad coupled to the housing, and an array sensor coupled to the housing. The array sensor is distributed across a significant portion of a fa... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7764933 | Component assembly cushioning device for mobile devices A spacer for use in a mobile device fills the space between a component assembly and a housing. The spacer includes a layer of compressible material for insertion between the component assembly and the housing. A plurality of compressible features are provided on a ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7747226 | Portable electronic devices including multi-mode matching circuits and methods of operating the same Portable electronic devices are provided including a housing, an antenna associated with the housing and a multi-mode matching circuit operatively associated with the antenna. The multi-mode matching circuit is configured to operate in a first mode when the housing ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7720445 | Modular access point Described is a modular access point for wireless communications. The access point includes a housing which has at least one module receiving slot and a first wireless communication radio. The radio communicates with a first wireless device via a first frequency band... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7720446 | Multi-position device A multi-position device has first and second body elements configured for sliding engagement and constrained movement with respect to one another along a common plane in X, Y and XY coordinate directions for positioning the body elements in multiple different fixed ... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7715804 | Keypad display method and apparatus of portable device A keypad display method of a portable device includes initializing by partitioning a keypad display area and storing each partition area corresponding to individual gradients; checking whether the operation mode requires a keypad display; displaying a keypad in a sp... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7706757 | Wireless communication system A wireless communication apparatus adapted to be mounted on an elevated surface having an electrical socket thereon. The apparatus includes a housing, a photocell and a transceiver. The housing at least partially defines an interior space and has a portion which is ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7702297 | Mobile communication device capable of leaning A mobile phone includes a main body consisting of front and rear side parts; a retention groove formed in the rear side part and having pivotal holes; and a prop kept within the retention groove in the rear side part. The prop has two positioning posts pivotally ins... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7680466 | Communication device To eliminate the necessity of providing a special heat insulating structure or heat resisting properties and to simplify wiring. A modulation/demodulation unit, transmission/reception units of active and standby transmission systems, branching units of active and st... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7664470 | Wireless transceiver and method for producing the same A wireless transceiver includes a resin case having a hollow space that accepts the mechanical key, a mechanical key having a hook for engagement with the resin case, and a reinforcement made of a metal plate for reinforcing the resin case. The hollow space in the r... | 02/16/2010 |
